Two critics have misinterpreted our reformulation of the dependence theory. They are unaware that value transferences are more revealing on the origin of underdevelopment than overexploitation. They also ignore that the same dynamic explains the China´s current expansion and South Korea´s economic distancing from Brasil or Argentina. They do not record how labor differential value explains multinational investment locations. Besides, they propose contradictory characterizations of overexploitation through their claim that this is particularly common in the periphery; it has expanded to the center, and it dates back to the XIX century. What is more concerning is their rudimentary relation of the concept with workforce ailment. Dependence is weaken by ignoring rent troublesome aspects, omitting the theory ancestors and refuting its alignment with other thinkers. Depoliticizing ideas prevents debate assessment.
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